Background
He was born in Essex to tailor Thomas Playford and Mary Anne Arnold.
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Thomas Playfair
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Career
He went to sea at the age of twelve, becoming a captain"s steward in the Royal Navy. He eventually settled in Sydney where he became a butcher. Playfair was a Sydney City Councillor from 1875 to 1893, serving as mayor in 1885.
In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for West Sydney, serving until his defeat in 1891.
He died in Sydney in 1893.
